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Blue Dogs Cool To Obama Jobs Vision
Rep. Heath Schuler (D-NC)
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly attributed remarks by Rep. Kurt Schrader to Rep. John Barrow. TPM regrets the error.
Blue Dog Democrats are pushing members of the joint deficit Super Committee to reduce the deficit significantly more than they've been tasked with. But they don't want to talk about President Obama's jobs plan. And beneath the surface its clear that there are major differences between the White House and conservative members of his party.
Leaders of the Blue Dog caucus held a press conference in the Capitol Visitor's Center Wednesday to push the Super Committee to "go big." But thanks to an explicit efforts by Democrats and the administration the deficit panel's work has become linked to the idea of job creation, and Obama's jobs bill. But the Blue Dogs didn't really want to talk about it.
After the press conference I asked Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) whether he agreed with CBO chief Doug Elmendorf -- and by extension Obama -- that the wisest economic path involves near term stimulus followed by long-run fiscal restraint.
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Democrats Will Keep Turning To Bill Clinton
CQ reports on the increasing campaign trail presence this cycle of former President Bill Clinton: "Even at this early stage in the campaign season, Obama is already dispatching Clinton into some of the roughest electoral territory in the country. And the good news keeps rolling in. The former president helped to bring out nearly 700 Democrats to cheer on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) at a rally Thursday. And some say he may have single-handedly saved Sen. Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) from a bruising primary defeat last week; she relied heavily on ads that Clinton -- a former Arkansas governor -- cut for her in the final days of her campaign. And this is just the beginning."
Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama will depart the White House at 9:05 a.m. ET, and depart from Andrews Air Force Base at 9:20 a.m. ET, arriving at 11:35 a.m. ET in Biloxi, Mississippi. At 12 p.m. ET, he will receive a briefing from Adm. Thad Allen and local officials on the BP oil spill. He will host a roundtable with local residents at 1:25 p.m. ET. He will depart from Biloxi, arriving at 2:50 p.m. ET in Theodore, Alabama. At 3:45 p.m. ET, he will tour the Theodore Staging Facility, and at 4:40 p.m. ET he will deliver a statement to the press. At 5:35 p.m. ET, he will travel from Dauphin Island, Alabama, arriving at 6:05 p.m. ET in Fort Morgan, Alabama. He will later depart from Fort Morgan, arriving at 8:25 p.m. ET in Pensacola, Florida.
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